Aspen snag dynamics, cavity-nesting birds, and trophic cascades in Yellowstone's northern range

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1095-1103

  Hollenbeck, Jeff P ^a   Ripple, William J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Aspen decline; Cavity nesting birds; Gallatin National Forest; Snags; Trophic cascades; Yellowstone National Park

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PARKS;

GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST; TROPHIC CASCADES;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REINTRODUCTION; SNAG; STAND DYNAMICS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

BIRDS; FORESTRY;

GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

AVES; UNGULATA;

EID: 38949103748     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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